President's Message

FEBRUARY 2017

Greetings! Although winter is a slow time for the museum and for
many other activities, it's been busy in the historic Community Building.
Furring strips are in place on the upper portion of the walls. Insulation will
be added there and then drywall. We tentatively anticipate moving the museum
into the building during 2017. There is much preparatory work to be
done such as inventorying and packing artifacts, planning exhibits and
determining where everything will go. It has been a long haul since the building
was purchased, and we owe the success of the venture to those who have
continued to believe it would happen and support the effort.

Among those faithful supporters was Bill Hanks, a lifelong
and well-known member of the community, who passed away last fall. Our
sincerest condolences to his family, and our appreciation to all who
memorialized him by contributing to the historical society.

Our next meeting will be Sunday, March 12, 2:00 pm at the Christian
County Library in Ozark. As a follow-up to our September program on the
Temperance Movement in the Ozarks, Leslie James will speak on the variety of liquor violations
found in circuit court records during the Prohibition era. Leslie has been a field archivist for the Missouri State Archives in southwest Missouri for 11 years. Come join us for an interesting program.